AUSTIN — A handful of members of the Texas Legislature have filed bills aimed at undoing the protections put in place by the Save Our Wells bill, authored and passed by Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) with overwhelming community support in 2015.

“I’m incredibly disappointed that a few of my colleagues are playing games with the citizens of Hays County and attempting to undo the important groundwater protections that were passed last session for their own political gain,” Rep. Isaac said Tuesday.

The “Save Our Wells bill” placed unprotected land in Hays County within the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District in an effort to safeguard local wells. This legislation protects private property rights by ensuring landowners rights to their water — as long as it doesn’t put their neighbors’ wells in jeopardy.

“The people of Hays County have made it clear that keeping the groundwater we depend on plentiful and affordable is of the utmost importance,” Rep. Isaac continued. “I will fight vehemently any attempts to undo the protections that were put in place last session as I work to protect the people I serve.”

Rep. Isaac is a fourth-generation native Texan who has served House District 45 since 2011. He is the vice president of the Texas Conservative Coalition, the conservative caucus in the Texas Legislature, and founding chair of the Hill Country Caucus. He is proud to represent Hays and Blanco counties and lives in Drippings Springs with his wife, Carrie, and two sons.